Reality, Number Three
I had been drafting a
blog to follow the messages and thoughts featured
in some on my last Blogs when I came upon the following summary of a
presentation by Dr. Charles Krauthammer.
I believe it is outstanding and offer it to all as this week’s blog.
I have just spent some time with some of my children, grand children
and great grand children. I hope to live to see them enjoy many of the
freedoms I have enjoyed as a result of our forefathers work and fiscal
discipline.
Dr. Krauthammer is on Fox News. He is an M.D. and a lawyer and is
paralyzed from the neck down. A friend went to hear Charles
Krauthammer. He listened with 25 others in a closed room.
What he says here, is NOT 2nd-hand but 1st. The ramifications are
staggering for us, our children and their children.
Dr. Charles Krauthammer spoke to the Center for the American
Experiment. He is a brilliant intellectual, seasoned &
articulate. He is forthright and careful in his analysis, and
never resorts to emotions or personal insults. He is NOT a fear
monger nor an extremist in his comments and views. He is a fiscal
conservative, and has received a Pulitzer Prize for writing. He
is a frequent contributor to Fox News and writes weekly for the
Washington Post. The entire room was held spellbound during his
talk. I have summarized his comments, as we are living in
uncharted waters economically and internationally.
Even 2 Dems at my table agreed with everything he said! If you
feel like forwarding this to those who are open minded and have not
drunk the Kool-Aid, feel free.
Summary of Dr. Krauthammer's comments:
1. Mr. Obama is a very intellectual, charming individual. He is
not to be underestimated. He is a cool customer who doesn't show
his emotions. It's very hard to know what's behind the
mask. The taking down of the Clinton dynasty was an amazing
accomplishment. The Clintons still do not understand what hit
them. Obama was in the perfect place at the perfect time.
2. Obama has political skills comparable to Reagan and
Clinton. He has a way of making you think he's on your side,
agreeing with your position, while doing the opposite. Pay no
attention to what he SAYS; rather, watch what he DOES!
3. Obama has a ruthless quest for power. He did not come to
Washington to make something out of himself, but rather to change
everything, including dismantling capitalism. He can't be
straightforward on his ambitions, as the public would not go along.
He has a heavy hand, and wants to level the playing field with income
redistribution and punishment to the achievers of society. He
would like to model the USA to Great Britain or Canada.
4. His three main goals are to control ENERGY, PUBLIC EDUCATION, and
NATIONAL HEALTHCARE by the Federal government. He doesn't care
about the auto or financial services industries, but got them as an
early bonus. The cap and trade will add costs to everything and
stifle growth. Paying for FREE college education is his
goal. Most scary is his healthcare program, because if you make
it FREE and add 46,000,000 people to a Medicare-type single-payer
system, the costs will go through the roof. The only way to
control costs is with massive RATIONING of services, like in
Canada. God forbid!
5. He has surrounded himself with mostly far-left academic types.
No one around him has ever even run a candy store. But they are
going to try and run the auto, financial, banking and other
industries. This obviously can't work in the long run.
Obama is not a socialist; rather he's a far-left secular progressive
bent on nothing short of revolution. He ran as a moderate, but will
govern from the hard left. Again, watch what he does, not what he
says.
6. Obama doesn't really see himself as President of the United States,
but more as a ruler over the world. He sees himself above it all,
trying to orchestrate & coordinate various countries and their
agendas. He sees moral equivalency in all cultures. His
apology tour in Germany and England was a prime example of how he sees
America, as an imperialist nation that has been arrogant, rather than a
great noble nation that has at times made errors. This is the
first President ever who has chastised our allies and appeased our
enemies!
7. He is now handing out goodies. He hopes that the bill (and
pain) will not come due until after he is reelected in 2012. He
would like to blame all problems on Bush from the past, and hopefully
his successor in the future. He has a huge ego, and Dr.
Krauthammer believes he is a narcissist.
8. Republicans are in the wilderness for a while, but will emerge
strong. Republicans are pining for another Reagan, but there will
never be another like him. Krauthammer believes Mitt Romney, Tim
Pawlenty & Bobby Jindahl (except for his terrible speech in
February) are the future of the party. Newt Gingrich is
brilliant, but has baggage. Sarah Palin is sincere and
intelligent, but needs to really be seriously boning up on facts and
info if she is to be a serious candidate in the future... We need
to return to the party of lower taxes, smaller government, personal
responsibility, strong national defense, and state's rights.
9. The current level of spending is irresponsible and outrageous.
We are spending trillions that we don't have. This could lead to
hyperinflation, depression or worse. No country has ever spent
themselves into prosperity. The media is giving Obama, Reid and
Pelosi a pass because they love their agenda. But eventually the
bill will come due and people will realize the huge bailouts didn't
work, nor will the stimulus package. These were trillion-dollar
payoffs to Obama's allies, unions and the Congress to placate the left,
so he can get support for #4 above.
10. The election was over in mid-September when Lehman brothers failed,
fear and panic swept in, we had an unpopular President, and the war was
grinding on indefinitely without a clear outcome. The people are
in pain, and the mantra of change caused people to act
emotionally. Any Dem would have won this election; it was
surprising it was as close as it was.
11. In 2012, if the unemployment rate is over 10%, Republicans will be
swept back into power. If it's under 8%, the Dems continue to
roll. If it's between 8-10%, it will be a dogfight. It will all
be about the economy. I hope this gets you really thinking about
what's happening in Washington and Congress. There is a left-wing
revolution going on, according to Krauthammer, and he encourages us to
keep the faith and join the loyal resistance. The work will be
hard, but we're right on most issues and can reclaim our country,
before it's far too late.
Click on: Blogs # 09-3,
# 09-4, # 26,
# 27, # 28,
# 38 and #39
to find additional thoughts
regarding these very important issues.
Happy screening, Brad
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Happy screening
Brad Schnittjer
Blog # 41
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